Reserve Money : Components and Sources

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Date: March 20, 2020

(₹ Crore)
Item	Outstanding as on		Variation over
	2019	2020	Week		Financial Year so far				Year-on-Year
	2019	2020	Week		2018-19		2019-20		2019		2020
	Mar. 31	Mar. 13	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Reserve Money	2770481	3028987	6004	0.2	345685	14.3	258505	9.3	431986	18.5	264522	9.6
1 Components (1.1+1.2+1.3)
1.1 Currency in Circulation	2136770	2399983	25820	1.1	312186	17.1	263212	12.3	318621	17.5	258449	12.1
1.2 Bankers' Deposits with RBI	601969	592829	-19224	–3.1	29643	5.2	-9140	–1.5	106580	21.8	-2339	–0.4
1.3 ‘Other’ Deposits with RBI	31742	36175	-592	–1.6	3856	16.1	4433	14.0	6785	32.3	8412	30.3
2 Sources (2.1+2.2+2.3+2.4-2.5)
2.1 Net RBI Credit to Government	801951	1023925	-13486		445362		221974		472023		102599
2.1.1 Net RBI Credit to Centre	800473	1017813	-12401		445389		217340		472551		98138
2.2 RBI Credit to Banks & Commercial Sector	152851	-264881	19600		28565		-417732		72266		-356819
2.2.1 RBI's Net Claims on Banks	137488	-268611	19649		33782		-406099		72646		-351741
2.3 Net Foreign Exchange Assets of RBI	2848587	3552965	-34249	–1.0	46473	1.7	704378	24.7	73990	2.7	745711	26.6
2.4 Government’s Currency Liabilities to the Public	25887	26315			190	0.7	427	1.7	203	0.8	473	1.8
2.5 Net Non-Monetary Liabilities of RBI	1058795	1309337	-34139	–2.5	174905	19.3	250542	23.7	186496	20.8	227442	21.0